Re: 10.4.7 Mac-to-Mac Networking: Comprehensive Report

In article <060720062106319236%ask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Slipface <ask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the reply. A couple comments/questions below:

In article
<morenuf-C1A498.20550705072006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
morenuf <morenuf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


You might try this method. No guarantee it will solve or reduce your
problem tho.

1) mount the remote the usual ways
2) make an alias of the remote volumes (CMD L in Finder or contextual
menus)
3) move the alias to the sidebar in a Finder mounted window. I usually
put it in the FAVORITES folder.

I followed up to this point. I tried to move the alias to the sidebar
without putting it into a folder (I don't have a Favorites folder
there--should I? I might have deleted it long ago?) Anyway, it
wouldn't take it. That's sorta disappointing, because I need to leave
the alias on the desktop (I try to keep desktop clutter down).

Otherwise, I do really like having that alias there. It's made this
much quicker, thank you :)

Not sure why you can't move the alias to your sidebar. Like you I don't
like a cluttered desktop.

You might have just deleted the FAVORITES folder from the sidebar from a
standard OS X installation. The following hint is found in the HELP
searching under Window Sidebar:
======================
Mac Help
Index

Where is my Favorites folder?
You can find your Favorites folder in the Library folder of your home
folder. This folder is a good place to store items or aliases to items
you use frequently.
For quick access, you can add the Favorites folder to your Dock or to
the sidebar in a Finder window.
======================
You could also just make your own folder with any name you like
somewhere on your hard drive and fill it with alias to anything you
like, in this case alias to your remote LAN volumes (drives or
partitions) on other Macs in your local area network (LAN). Then place
THAT folder in your sidebar.
4) for subsequent use of the remote volume it seems much quicker to just
double click the alias in the FAVORITES folder of the sidebar. The route
of using BONJOUR to search for remote volumes seems to have longer
delays.

I'm not familiar with Bonjour. Is that just the software that does all
this networking muckity-muck? :)


Yes, Bonjour was called Rendezvous in earlier versions, and was network
software that would transparently search and display any available
remote volumes (and printers and the like) on a local network.

What I meant was the more usual routes to find & mount remote volumes is
to CMD K on the desktop and then BROWSE, or choosing NETWORK from the GO
menu in the FINDER menubar would get you a list of any available remote
volumes on your local network. The Bonjour/Rendezvous would display
those volumes but often with a delay (sometimes frustratingly missing
some that you know are there and available which eventually show up
after interminable delays). It just seems quicker to use an alias to
the commonly used remote volumes.


But I also have had my share of perplexing local LAN Mac to Mac little
snafus. Most of mine are when a remote Mac has gone to sleep or both

I guess some bugs remain, like SLEEP & WAKE issues.

thanks again for your helpful comments :)
_d

Glad to help. Others have helped me in the past.

G'Day,

Morenuf
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morenuf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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